Michelle Obama was celebrated, for her impressively affordable fashion as a first lady but she's donned some eye-wateringly ...

Politicians and journalists once treated as the ‘grown-ups in the room’ are facing growing criticism for being out of touch ...

A new premier in France and soon in Canada, a new coalition in Austria, new presidents in Georgia and Moldova despite ...

A Chicago-based subcontractor is suing one of the firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center for $40 million, claiming racial discriminatory practices forced the ...

The former German chancellor said it was not right to remain silent after her party, the conservative CDU, relied on votes from the far-right AfD to pass a motion in parliament.Germany' s former ...

When Angela Merkel rose to lead the CDU parliamentary group in 2002 and entered the chancellery in 2005, the much more conservative-minded Merz withdrew and stayed away from politics for years.

The sweat was dripping off Friedrich Merz after the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor saw his bid to outflank ...

open image in gallery Angela Rayner was stripped from her role as chair and campaign coordinator after the party suffered a devastating loss in the Hartlepool by-election of May 2021. (PA Archive ...

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